Cleansing device for washbasins.



No. 804,865. PATENTED NOV. 21, 1905.

J. E. KEYT. CLEANSING DEVICE FOR WASHBASINS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.12, 1905.

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J OHN EDWIN KEYT, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TOWILLIAM ALLINGHAM,

OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

CLEANSING DEVICE FOR WASHBASINS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. NOV. 21, 1905.

Application filed January 12, 1905. Serial No. 240,796.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN EDWIN KEYT, a citizen of the United States,residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCleansing Devices for VVashbasins; and I do declare the following to beafull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in flushing devicesfor the overflow-passages of wash basins or bowls; and it consists incertain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement ofparts hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive, andefficient device of this character by means of which the usual overflowchannel or passage of a wash bowl or basin may be quickly flushed by astream of hot or cold water for the purpose of the moving all dirt orwaste matter from resame and also from the usual basin-trap into whichsaid overflow channel or passage discharges.

The above and other objects, which will appear as the nature of myinvention is better understood, are accomplished by the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is avertical sectional View through the flushing or cleaning deviceconstructed in accordance with my invention and applied to a wash bowlor basin having the usual overflow channel or passage, and Fig. 2 is adetail sectional view taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings by numeral, 1 denotes the usual basin top orslab, beneath the opening in which is secured the usual wash basin orbowl 2. The latter has an outlet-opening 3 at its bottom and one or moreoverflow outlet-openings 5 adjacent to its upper end. These openings 5communicate with the upper end of the usual overflow passage or channel6, which is formed in an integral casing or shell 7 upon the outer sideof the basin 2. 1 The shell or casing 7 has its upper end a slightdistance below the top or slab l and forms a projecting shoulder whichextends from the basin. The lower end of this channel or passage 6communicates with the bottom outlet 3 of the bowl, and to the latter isattached a waste-pipe 8, in which is located the usual trap 9. Theconnection of the waste-pipe to the bottom outlet 3 of the basin ispreferably effected by internally screw-threading the upper enlarged end10 of said waste-pipe and screwing into the same a sleeve 11, which fitsinto said opening 3. This sleeve 11 has a flanged upper end 12 to engagethe inner. surface of the basin and an externally -screw threaded lowerend 13, which enters the portion 10 of the waste-pipe 8. Said sleeve isalso provided with suitable openings 14, which register or aline withthe lower end of the overflow channel or passage 6. The usual removableplug or stopper 15 is provided in the upper end of the sleeve 11.

In order to send a stream of either hot or cold water through theoverflow-passage 6 and also through the trap 9 for the purpose ofthoroughly cleaning the same, I connect, by

means of an elbow 16 and faucet 17, with a water-supply pipe 18 andprovide a connection 19 between said faucet and the upper end of theshell or casing 7 of theoverflow channel or passage 6. The said faucet17 may be of any wellknown or preferred form and construction; but asillustrated it comprises the casing 19, having a reducedexternally-screw-threaded tubular lower end 20, which extends through anopening 21, formed in the basin top or slab 1, and which is retainedtherein by a clampingnut 22. The lower end of the tubular portion 20, towhich the elbow is attached, is formed,

with a valve seat 23. Ooacting withsaid valve-seat 23 is a valve 24,secured upon the lower end of a stem or rod 25, which extends throughthe portion 20 and has its upper end pivotally connected, as at 26, uponthe crankarm formed upon an operating stem or shaft 27. The latterextends laterally through a packing-gland 28, provided in the upperportion of the faucet-casing 17, and has upon its outer end a handle 29,by means of which the valve may be moved toward and from its seat.

Upon the upper end or top of the faucet-casing 17 is provided a jewelcup or receptacle 30, which may be of any desired form and construction.Screwed into the portion 20 of the faucet-casing at a suitable pointabove its.

valve-seat is an outlet-pipe 31, which has its outer end connected, bymeans of a packing joint or coupling 32, to one end 33 of aconnectingpipe 34 The latter is shaped as clearly shown in Fig. 1 andhas its Opposite end downturned and projecting at substantially rightangles to the end 33. This end 35 is tapered to form a contracted nozzleand projects into an opening 36, formed in the upper end of the shell orcasing 7 of the overflow passage or channel 6, so as to discharge astream directly downwardly into and through said overflow-channel. Itwill be observed that the connectingpipe 34 has its nozzled endsupported on the shoulder formed at the upper end of the shell or casingof the overflow passage or shoulder and that said connecting-pipe bearsdirectly against the under side of the slab or top 1, so that the lattercoacts with said shoulder and with the opening therein, in which thecontracted end of the nozzle is fitted to firmly secure saidconnecting-pipe in place.

The construction,operation, and advantages of the invention will bereadily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings. It will be seen that by means of thisdevice the overflow-passage 6 and also the trap 9 may be quickly flushedand thoroughly cleaned by simply turning the handle 29 in the properdirection, so that the valve 24: will be lowered from its seat 23.

Various changes in the form, proportion,

and the minor details of construction may be resorted to withoutdeparting from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages ofthis invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The herein-described washbasin having the overflow-channel on one sidethereof, the shell or casing of which projects from said side of thebasin and the upper end of which forms the shoulder at a point below theupper edge of the basin, the top or slab on the upper edge of the basinand the faucet for supplying water to the basin and having the pipe forsupplying water to the overflow-passage, said pipe having its dischargeend fitted between the slab or top of the basin and the shoulder at theupper end of the overflow-channel and provided with thedownwardly-directed and contracted nozzle extending through an openingin the said shoulder and discharging into the overflow-channel.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

, JOHN EDWIN KEYT. Witnesses:

WILLIAM A. KELLY, W. A. BREEN.

